Weed-mowing hand-car



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No. 420,825. Patnted Feb. 4', 1890.

,Rabat/f' UNiTED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK NACEY, OF GRAOEVILLE, MINNESOTA, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO THE SHEFFIELDVELOOIPEDE CAR COMPANY, OF THREE RIVERS, MICHIGAN.

NEEDHIVIOWING HAND-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,825, dated February 4, 1890.

Application tiled March 13, 1889.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK NAoEY, of Graceville, in the county of Big Stone and State of Minnesota, have invented. a certain new and useful lVeed-Mowing Hand-Car, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The obj ect of myinvention is to produce a hand-car adapted for ordinary use as such, and also to receive and operate a detachable mowing attachment to mow weeds and grass along the sides of a railroad-track.

In many sections of the country where the soil is fertile, and especially upon prairies, where the road-beds are generally nearly level with the land on either side, exceedingly rapid growths of vegetation occur during the summer-time and require frequent mowing at great expense. Such growths are liable to be blown over upon the tracks by strong winds and to obstruct travel; and, again, they are liable, as soon as they become partially dry, to get on iire and cause the burning of ties, bridges, fences, &c., doing great damage to railroad property. Myinvention is designed to produce a machine which will remove such growths with great rapidity and economy, and which is adapted to be converted into an ordinary hand-car and used as such.

Accordingly my invention consists in the peculiar organization hereinafter described and claimed, by which I combine a mowing attachment operatively with a hand-car so as to be capable of the movements and adjustments necessary to operate for the purpose stated, and also to be capable of being detached at will.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is a plan view of a hand-car with my improvements applied. Fig. 2 is another plan view with the walking-beam and handles of the car removed. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a handcar with my improvements applied. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a hand-car, showing the side opposite to that upon which the mowing mechanism is attached,

Referring to the letters upon the drawings, A indicates a railway hand-car of ordinary construction adapted to have applied to it upon one side a mowing attachment. B indicates the walking-beam and handles; C, a

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pitman pivotally connecting the walkingbeam with the crank-D of the driving-wheel D', geared with the wheel E upon the axle F, by means of which parts the car is propelled in the usual way. .a

In order to carry out my invention it is first necessary to apply a mowing attachment on one side of the car, project it outward and downward a suitabledistance, and support it 6o firmly there in proper position for work. Then it is necessary next to provide suitable mechanism to connect it operatively with the cardriving mechanism just described, and this connecting mechanism must be disposed between thecar-driving-mechanismandthe mowing attachment, and be adapted to run easily and to convert the rotary motion of the car` driving mechanism into the reciprocating motion necessary to operate the cutter-bar of the 7o mowing attachment. AccordinglyI have devised such supporting mechanism and such operating connecting mechanism. Furthermore, I have provided for detaching the mowing mechanism whenever desired, so that the car can be used for ordinary purposes; and I have also provided for throwing the mowing mechanism out of gear whenever desired, so that it shall not operate. Of course the projecting or overhanging parts must be made strong 8o enough todo the work, but at the same time light enough to avoid danger of tipping the car over and to avoid the necessity of weighting the car on the opposite side.

Referring now to the peculiar mechanism constituting the embodiment of my'invention as illustrated, G indicates a wheel upon a shaft II, which gears with the wheel D. I is another wheel upon the shaft Il, which gears with a wheel K on the crank-shaft L. o

M is a rod pivotally connecting the crankshaft with a bell-crank lever N, pivoted at O.

P is a link` pivoted at one end to the bellcrank lever and at the other to the cutter-bar Q, which reciprocates in the finger-bar R, of usual construction.

R indicates the guard-fingers.

S is an adjustable brace-rod secured at one end to the forward part ofthe car-frame and at the other to the shoe T, upon which the roo iinger-baris pivoted, as shown at II U.

V indicates a supporting-bar for the shoe,

bolted to the frame at XV and provided with a rod X extending across the ear and connected by a fastening-link Y to the car-frame. Z indicates another supporting-bar, similarly arranged and connected.

aY indicates a bar secured at one end to the frame of the car and at the other end to the shoe, Whose olice is to support the hand-lever Z1, pivoted at c.

d indicates a chain extending from the hand-lever to an angle-bar or projection e, bolted to the fingerbar at f.

g indicates a ratchet or rack-bar secured at one end to the carframe and at the other to the standard h, supported upon the bar a.

By means et the hand-lever the finger-bar can be'turned on its pivot so as to be thrown up out of position for use, held by the springlateh k, and let down to place tor cutting, as is usual in ino\ving-maehines..

In order to throw the mowing mechanism out of gear whenever desired, l provide a clutch mechanism at t', of any ordinary character, by means of which the wheel G, which is normally loose on its shaft, may be clutched thereto, so as to drive the mowing mechanism. This mowing mechanism is applied by means of boltsand nuts, so that the main parts can be readily detached from the ear, leaving it free for ordinary service.

The shoe should preferably be projected out beyond the ends of the ties, and should be adjusted to cut at least as low as the tops ol' the ties.

l thus provide a hand-ear adapted to be run along a track in the usual manner and operate a mowin g attachment to cut grass or Weeds for a distance of several feet from the track.

Of course the means here shown and described for converting the rotary motion for driving the ear, caused by the operation of the Walking-beam, into reciprocating motion necessary to operate the cutter-bar might be varied in detail considerably Without depart ing from the substance of my invention, and so might the car-driving mechanism located on the ear.

What l claim isi-- l. The combination, with the driving meehanism of ahand-car located thereon, of a mowing attachment secured to one side of the car, and gearing connecting said drlvinfkm'echanism and the cutter-bar of the mowing attachment and adapted to convert the rotary motion of the driving mechanism into reciprocating motion to operate the cutter-bar, substantially as set forth'.

f2. The combination of a car adapted to run on a railway-track, driving mechanism for the same located on the ear, and a mowing mechanism attached detachably t-o one side of the ear and connected operatively with the cardriving mechanism, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of all which l have hereunto subscribed my name. p

t PATRlC/K NACEY. Viitnesses:

ANDREW llfIoNAN, T. J. Renon. 

